Leland

What Leland means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Leland yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #494 vs #2,664 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Leland?

US: Falling: down from #378 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #586 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1921, when 866 boys got the name (#171 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,791 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 33,992 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (3.08 per 1,000 boys), WV (1.3 per 1,000 boys), MI (1.24 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Leland is #494 in the US and #2664 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.8% of US babies named Leland were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Leeland94 US
• Leyland11 US · 5 E&W
• Leiland14 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Leland

Boys

• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Emery#814Editor’s note Down from #745 in 2015 to #814 in 2025 in the US
• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*
• Huxley#736“woodland clearing, glade”^*
• Ryland#703“rye + land”^*
• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*

For a sister

• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Aubrey#146“elf, fairy + king, ruler”^*
• Harlow#309Editor’s note Used for both: 85% of US babies named Harlow in 2025 were girls
• Marlee#536Editor’s note Down from #455 in 2015 to #536 in 2025 in the US
• Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Leland’s. Rank is US 2025.